PERCUTANEOUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does percutaneous mean? 

• PERCUTANEOUS (adjective)
  The adjective PERCUTANEOUS has 1 sense:

1. through the unbroken skin; refers to medications applied directly to the skin (creams or ointments) or in time-release forms (skin patches)

  Familiarity information: PERCUTANEOUS used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PERCUTANEOUS (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Through the unbroken skin; refers to medications applied directly to the skin (creams or ointments) or in time-release forms (skin patches)

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

percutaneous; transcutaneous; transdermal; transdermic

Context example:

percutaneous absorption

Domain category:

materia medica; pharmacological medicine; pharmacology (the science or study of drugs: their preparation and properties and uses and effects)

Pertainym:

skin (a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch)

 Context examples 

This procedure may be done open or percutaneous.

(Cordotomy, NCI Thesaurus)

Reperfusion therapy includes thrombolysis and primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).

(Coronary Reperfusion Procedure, NCI Thesaurus/ACC)

Mechanical Circulatory Support was inserted during the procedure prior to percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).

(Inserted During a Procedure but Prior to Percutaneous Coronary Intervention, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

An immediate percutaneous coronary intervention is necessary for a myocardial infarction that presents with ST segment elevation.

(Immediate Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction, NCI Thesaurus/ACC)

This includes percutaneous valve procedures and valvuloplasty.

(Cardiac Valve Procedure, NCI Thesaurus)

Terminology related to the risk of percutaneous coronary intervention for a particular lesion.

(CDISC SDTM Lesion Complexity Terminology, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Also called percutaneous transhepatic cholangiodrainage and PTCD.

(Percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage, NCI Dictionary)

Cardiac arrest which occurs before a percutaneous coronary intervention can take place.

(Cardiac Arrest Prior to Percutaneous Coronary Intervention, NCI Thesaurus/ACC)

Also called gastrostomy tube and percutaneous endoscopic tube.

(PEG tube, NCI Dictionary)

Also called percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage and PTCD.

(Percutaneous transhepatic cholangiodrainage, NCI Dictionary)